Re: MDG PR: ProLine Price Reduction

[dig@pro-cynosure.cts.com (Doug Granzow)]

rgshacke@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu (RANDY) writes:

>In article <e753394@pro-harold.cts.com>, dcgreen@pro-harold.cts.com (David Green) writes:
>
>I got myself a copy of the proline sfotware at the end of last year for $150
>used. I have not set it up because I am afraid of having unholy long distance
>phone bills connecting to crash. I have been trying to find a low buck way to

You don't have to connect to crash if you can find another system in your
area.  Also, it's now possible to telnet into crash.  So, if you have a local
9600 dialup that will let you telnet, you can connect to crash without paying
long distance.  Of course, the best solution would be to get a feed directly
from whoever is providing that 9600 bps dialup.

>connect but nothing has worked out. I want to know how much I can plan on
>spending if I give up and go long distance. If you are in San Diego and spend
>$50/month, how much can I expect to spend to connect from Kansas? What speed
>modem are you using? I expect the least I would want to use is 9600 bps.

How much you spend depends on how many newsgroups you want to carry.  If you
just get proline newsgroups, it would probably be very cheap.  Long distance
calls cost about 10-11 cents/minute (night rates) no matter where you're
calling (within the US).  I've been getting about a megabyte a day, which
costs me around $80/month in long distance.  Now that I'm telnetting into
crash, I'm only paying $15/month.

>Randy
>rgshacke@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu

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